BEST FRIENDS

Book ID/图书代码： 03890004B05852

English Summary/英文概要： Since childhood, Sam Grandy and Roy Courtright have been best friends. They grew up in the same prosperous community, went to the same prep school, and later entered the same university. After Sam’s father died, Roy’s father looked after him. At one point Sam dated Roy’s sister, Robin. As best friends, they share a close and loving bond, often stronger than the relationships other men share with their girlfriends, siblings, or wives. But in the twenty years since their friendship began, their fundamental differences have become more apparent and their relationship has grown strained. More and more often they realize they are opposites -- one a womanizer, the other a devoted husband; one careless with money, the other frugal; one independent, the other needy. Do these differences threaten their friendship -- or are the dissimilarities what make it possible? Can they escape the ties of their past, or are they intrinsically bound until death? When Sam’s health begins to falter, he draws Roy into his life again -- and into a chain of deceit, sex, delusion, death, and love such as only a best friend could. Thomas Berger has enthralled millions of readers for almost fifty years with his psychologically complex, sharp-sighted storytelling. With exquisite wit and insidious wisdom, Best Friends weaves a powerful tale about friendship -- and the complex loyalties involved.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： Sam Grandy和Roy Courtright自小就是同穿一條褲長大的好朋友。他們在同一個社區裡長大，一起同校到大學。Sam的父親過世後，Roy的父親將他視如己出，Sam甚至還追求過Roy的姐姐。兩人的感情早已超越了友誼與親情。
二十年後，Roy搖身一變，成為一名事業成功、英俊瀟灑、體格健壯，又極有女人緣的汽車經銷商。反觀同是承繼家業的Sam，卻只是個身材走樣、瀕臨破產，只能仰賴妻子Kristin過活的中年男子。某天，Sam心臟病發，加上Roy的女友驟逝，雙重打擊之下，Roy陷入低潮。原本與Roy有些嫌隙的Kristin為了安慰Roy，便約了Roy一起午餐。但這次午餐，不只讓Kristin和Roy之間產生微妙的變化，也使這對哥兒們漸行漸遠…

Awards/获奖情况：The Denver Post
Best Friends proves Berger still has what it takes to write witty and insightful fiction.
Jeffrey Frank
The Washington Post Book World
The characters in Best Friends...are...recognizably human in their weaknesses and their destinies. It is Berger’s genius as an observer and storyteller that we never, for a moment, take our eyes off them.
The New York Times Book Review One of our best novelists. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author/作者介绍： 美國小說家Thomas Berger，生於1924年，出版過23本小說。其中Little Big Man被翻拍成電影「小巨人」，並由影星達斯汀霍夫曼(Dustin Hoffman)主演。他的另一部作品The Feud，更入圍了美國普立茲獎(Pulitzer Prize)。
Thomas Berger is the author of twenty-three novels. His previous novels include Adventures of the Artificial Woman, Meeting Evil, and The Feud, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. His Little Big Man is known throughout the world.

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